Pontypool, Park, View From The Grotto c.1955
Photo ref: P126012T
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This image is a coloured postcard: These coloured postcards were produced by the Frith company in the 1950s and 60s, in the earliest days of coloured postcard production, and were printed using a process called collo-colour. Although the results look quite basic to modern eyes, used to the wonders of the modern printing process, these postcards have a certain period charm as delightfully nostalgic ephemera items from the not-so-distant past.

A Selection of Memories from Pontypool

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Pontypool

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I started out working life at the pontypool store ,Mr Galander manager ,in the stockroom with Gwen later on the floor 'then being moved to Newport! Those were the days when ponty Meant something!! The streets were full on Fridays and Saturdays' Woolworth's store was always crowed out . Sunday the monkey parade! It seems my grandparents Edward Langdon was well known as a Methodist minister at park terrace ,also as a ...see more
When i was a litttle girl my mother and i use to visit a lady with conections to the Clarence Hotel . I think i called her auntie Daisy she had two grandchildren Harry and Ann . Can anyone help?
i went to the Town School my father Alf owned an upholstery shop on Osbourne road I was brought up with him as mother left home when I was two, can any one remember Alf Browne my name is Mike .
My maternal family, Smiths and Meredith's, hail from the Pontypool area. My great grandmother , Matilda Smith (nee Meredith) lived in Waunfelin and ran a children's clothes/knitwear business from her house at the beginning of 20th c ( Fowler St). I visited Pontypool in 2012 and visited many local landmarks especially Pontypool Market. I come from Aberdare but have lived in Scotland for many years. My great ...see more